Implementation Language

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi -

On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 09:25:26AM -0700, Doug Evans wrote:
> [...]
> That's probably the first decision we need to reach:
> do we stick with Guile?  

I would like to keep Scheme, especially if some of the code
is reorganized.  The halfhearted O-O structures (not cos.scm,
but its uses) particularly bug me.

> There's no other politically correct
> choice for a Scheme implementation.

We don't need to be dependent on any particular Scheme
implementation.  We could assume R5RS, and add only
essential minimal interpreter-specifics.

> [...]
> However, I think the current Guile implementation has a _long_ way to go
> in this regard, and I'm not convinced it will ever get there.

It's a good operational starting point.


- FChE
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